TUSCALOOSA, Alabama -- There have been no shortage of Alabama players on the various watch lists that have appeared over the past couple of weeks. At some point, they all start to run together.

But the one recently compiled by NFL Network analyst Daniel Jeremiah comes with a little more prestige and exclusivity.

Jeremiah, a former scout for the Baltimore Ravens, Philadelphia Eagles and Cleveland Browns, took on the task of ranking college football's 50 most talented players. What makes it different from the rankings compiled by other NFL Draft gurus is that it includes all players from all classes -- not just the ones who are eligible to leave their respective schools after this season.

More than two months ago, Jeremiah's list stood at 120 players. He broke down film that included at least three games for each player.

That's how he dropped it to 50, and that's how he concluded that Alabama has eight of college football's 50 most talented players, four of which are in the top 11.

In a phone interview with AL.com, Jeremiah broke down each of his Alabama selections. Junior linebacker Trey Depriest just missed the cut, Jeremiah said.

4. Amari Cooper (No. 1 WR)- "That one that caught a lot of people off guard having him over
Marqise Lee and Sammy Watkins, but I watched them all back to back. I
thought he was special. I thought he was explosive off the line. I
thought for a freshman, it's kind of crazy how polished he was as a
route runner, very precise. He can go up and get ball, after the catch
he can make you miss and run away from you. I thought he was ridiculous
to be that polished and that good as a freshman. I thought he had a
little more juice off the line than Marqise Lee did and that was the
difference between the two of them.

"When you're scouting these guys, with my background and how I
try to do this. We throw out production. That doesn't matter. If you put
him in the USC offense and the way Lane Kiffin works and feeds the ball
to Marqise Lee, this kid would have all that production as well. He's
not going to get as many touches at Alabama with the way they like to
run the football and the way they share it and they blow people out."

5. C.J. Mosley (No. 2 LB)- "He's 6-foot-2, he's 228 pounds. He's got a frame to be 240 easily. He doesn't
play small at all. I know that Nico (Johnson) came in against more of
the traditional offenses ... I thought Mosley took on really well. His
hands were strong and he's got outstanding range sideline to sideline.
His instincts are great. I thought he was phenomenal. I was at that national championship game in Miami. He's the one name
that I kind of came away from that game saying, 'That's the dude right
there.'"

6. Cyrus Kouandjio (No. 1 OT)- "I ended up having him as my highest-rated tackle. You can make an
argument that (Taylor) Lewan and (Jake) Matthews are more polished than he is right now,
but to me I'm making a little bit of a projection of how much better
this kid's going to get. He's just got rare size, strength. He's a
dominant run blocker already. He can clean up some stuff in pass
protection but the tool set is there to do everything he needs to do.
He's got really strong hands, he bends well. He doesn't have elite
quickness but he's quick enough to play left tackle. He's a people mover
and those guys are hard to find."

11. T.J. Yeldon (No. 1 RB)- "I think he's got a chance to be better than any of the guys that have
come out (of Alabama). I think he's a little more instinctive than Trent (Richardson). I'm anxious
to see how they end up running. The speed and power Trent has is very
special. I think this kid is a little more elusive. He's really, really
good in the passing game already. Pass protection I was impressed, he
can catch the ball. He's a tall kid and the concern there is that he
runs too high, but before he gets to contact he can drop his pads and
get a little power behind him, too."

26. AJ McCarron (No. 5 QB)- There are so many different opinions on him. This one guy Tweeted me,
'AJ McCarron??!!' I said, 'The beautiful thing is I don't know if he
thinks he's too high or thinks he's too low.' There's people saying
both. He's kind of a polarizing guy.

"I wish he was a little bit thicker.
He's just a little bit over 200 pounds when the scouts measured him
last spring. Needs to get stronger. The inconsistency on the deep ball
bothers me a little bit. There's games where he drops it in the bucket
and there's other games where he comes up short. But he's poised, he's
got good pocket movement, he's accurate, he obviously makes good
decisions with the low interception total.

"People are going to knock him
because he's driving a Cadillac in that offense there with all the
talent around him. To me, he's going to have to fight that perception a
little bit, kind of the Matt Leinert perception -- a winner that didn't
necessarily have 'wow' skills. To me, it will be interesting to see what
the background on him checks out when people go in there and find out
what kind of worker he is and what kind of leader he is. I think that's
going to go a long way toward where he goes in the draft."

Alabama defensive back HaHa Clinton-Dix (6) makes a huge INT during the first half of the Alabama vs Georgia SEC Championship NCAA football game, Saturday, December 01, 2012, at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Ga. (Vasha Hunt/ vhunt@al.com)

40. HaHa Clinton-Dix (No. 1 FS)- "I want to see him play more. Obviously, he rotated a lot last year. The
flashes impressed me, the range. At the end of the national
championship, seeing him come off the hash there was pretty impressive.
Just needs to get a little more consistent in the run game with angles
and getting guys on the ground. Instincts, ball skills for the amount of
time that he was out there, that's what caught my eye with him."

43. Adrian Hubbard (No. 5 LB)- "I know some other people are probably higher on him than maybe I am. I
love his size, I love his length. I thought he was a strong point of
attack run defender but I was a little disappointed. I know he had some
sacks. I was a little disappointed as a rusher. I thought he was a
little stiff. I didn't see a lot of explosiveness coming off the line. I
acknowledged that he has an NFL frame, he's strong and all that. I want
to see him develop a little more as a pass rusher."

50. Ed Stinson (No. 4 DE)- "To me, there's so many teams now in the NFL running the 3-4. It's hard
to find those 3-4 ends that can really hold up at the point of attack
that are strong and can actually move around a little bit as well. To
me, he's got that big body, he plays strong. I think he's got the
potential to be a dominant run defender."